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A01=David Harvey
Author_David Harvey
Automobiles
Automotive
Automotive Technology
Buses
Category1=Non-Fiction
Category=NL-WG
Category=WGCF
COP=United Kingdom
Discount=15
Engineering & Technology
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Format=BC
Format_Paperback
HMM=234
IMPN=Amberley Publishing
ISBN13=9781445613291
Language_English
PA=Available
PD=20121015
POP=Chalford
Price_€20 to €50
PS=Active
PUB=Amberley Publishing
Road & Transport
Subject=Transport: General Interest
Transport
WG=384
WMM=165
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- ISBN 9781445613291
- Format: Paperback
- Weight: 384g
- Dimensions: 165 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Oct 2012
- Publisher: Amberley Publishing
- Publication City/Country: Chalford, GB
- Product Form: Paperback
- Language: English
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The Birmingham & Midland Motor Omnibus Company began to operate motor buses in the Birmingham and Black Country area in 1912, radiating their services out as far as Leicester. By the 1920s they were building their own buses and SOS was born, standing for 'Shire's Own Specification', named after Midland Red's Chief Engineer. The advantage of this was that the company could design exactly what it wanted without having to compromise by adopting a vehicle from an outside manufacturer. These new single deckers, inspired by American designs, were responsible for the closure of many tramways. An important by-product of this decision to manufacture their own buses was that the company could manufacture for other BET Group operators such as the Northern General group, Potteries Motor Traction and Trent Motor Traction. For these and others, the company built many SOS buses, the fleets being seen all over England and Wales. David Harvey tells the story of the SOS buses, of which five have survived into preservation.
David Harvey is a well-respected and authoritative author who has written extensively for Classic Bus magazine and has had many previous transport titles published by Amberley. He lives in Dudley in the West Midlands.
